tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18498891766559367192017-09-07T17:20:02.532-07:00What is it to be eighteen?Real Issues affecting Teens/ Young AdultsLilian Campbellhttps://plus.google.com/113186588224095986482noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849889176655936719.post-6922749552900066282013-07-30T13:05:00.001-07:002013-07-30T13:05:34.744-07:00Living for Our Daughters | Working Mother<a href="http://www.workingmother.com/blogs/loving-mommy-life/living-our-daughters#.UfgchtXiKhk.blogger">Living for Our Daughters | Working Mother</a>Lilian Campbellhttps://plus.google.com/113186588224095986482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849889176655936719.post-26551064851886673942013-07-30T12:57:00.001-07:002013-07-30T12:57:29.919-07:00Teen Summer Reading Spotlight on Reality (a.k.a., Nonfiction Books)<a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/07/25/teen-summer-reading-nonfiction#.UfganZF3ho8.blogger">Teen Summer Reading Spotlight on Reality (a.k.a., Nonfiction Books)</a>Lilian Campbellhttps://plus.google.com/113186588224095986482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849889176655936719.post-90518722073334920592013-07-30T12:54:00.000-07:002013-07-30T12:54:04.804-07:00Simple Ways of Dealing with The Issues you are Facing.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026"/></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Have a goal;- </b>Having a goal makes it easy for you to make decisions on where you want </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">to be, who you want to be with and most of all what you need to do to achieve or attain </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">that goal.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Communication;- </b>Please, please and I will stress this Please communicate with the </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">person<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>you can easily or freely talk to, I will still stress family no matter the situation or </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">issue there may be, because family members will always be there to help or find a way to </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">help you out. I will tell you that it saves a lot when communicated and also if </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">communicated to the right people or person never try to go about issues alone, this can be </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">very dangerous or disappointing, since I think a Problem Shared is a Problem Halved.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Do not cause regret please!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ask for Help;- </b>Do not be too Proud to Beg… I used beg for fun but seriously please ask </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">no matter what it is if its studying for a test, money to buy something, a ride anything just </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">ask and really there will be someone out there to help you out. This can save you from </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">issues or situations that you can not control and later REGRET!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Get a JOB;-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></b>This job will be a good way of proving to others and to yourself that you </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">have grown and able to make money and be responsible in a way too, because you will be </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">able to set your time and schedule for work and know that you are supposed to be there </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">when supposed to. The fun thing about getting the job is you are making money and you </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">can pay for gas if you don’t have a car and hey do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">mmmmmm am thinking something for them too!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Take Part in Activities around the Community;- </b>You are blessed with this, the </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">communities offer everyone with activities that cater to all ages and some are Free and </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">others may need a small fee but hey you got family I bet they will be excited that you are </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">being active and not lazy and maybe you are working??? So you can afford the small </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">payment.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">These activities could be fun since you will be meeting new people, no more boring life </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">statements that you might have said or mentioned in one way or the other and also kill the </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">idle mind that is the devils workshop!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Respect;- </b>I will mention this as away to overcome the issue because I can not stop stressing </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">it even to my own children that with Respect you will withstand a lot of things.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">If you respect others you will also receive respect and it is this respect that will get you </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">far because you do not know who you respect and as you grow up you might happen </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">to meet again. This person could end up being your Boss, your partner or the person who </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">saves your life. So please do respect others because you do not want to be in a situation </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">where someone does not care or respect you and is not ready to save you. Not very </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">pretty!</div>Lilian Campbellhttps://plus.google.com/113186588224095986482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849889176655936719.post-63084108582594823812013-07-30T12:11:00.004-07:002013-07-30T12:11:43.294-07:00Issues Faced by Teens/Young Adults<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style><![endif]--> <br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Drugs;- </b>This can be real drugs to even prescription drugs in order to overcome an issue </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">that they are not able to deal with or control. Drugs can be introduced as a solution from </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">friends, relatives to family because they think they found help through them. Let it not be </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">an answer to your problems because I will let you know its distraction, if you can stop </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">please do, there is help and if I have not started using them please do not. You do not </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">want to get to a point where you can not think by yourself but with the help of Drugs.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Alcohol;- </b>At eighteen you are able to find yourself or put yourself in position or places </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">where it would be available and with no control, with peer pressure you are definitely </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">going to drink and this can be a bad experience that you wont do it again or it could the </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">best experience of your life that you will want to do it again and again, when you can and </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">that can end you up in becoming an alcoholic maybe or in a very bad situation with this it </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">could be friends and people loosing their lives.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bullying;- </b>Here you can be the bully which could be okay to you but think if it was </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">happening to you that you were the one being bullied??? A question you should ask your </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">self? If you are being bullied this can be a sad thing to go through for you and your </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">family, it is how we come face to face with this issue. Hey I would say it’s a sad situation </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">and could lead to regret and death. I assure you no one wants to live a life of regret or as a </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">bully so lets be nice to one another! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lack of a JOB;- </b>This is a tough issue mostly if its hard to get a job since you just </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">graduated no experience and no vacancies, while as a young adult you have goals that </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">you would like to achieve maybe get a car, college, and maybe move out Yeah! But no </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">that will not happen without the Job.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Family Issues;- </b>These can be from sibling rivalry, divorce or separation, or as a typical </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">eighteen year old you just do not want to follow the rules mmmm that is what we call a </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">normal family and all I have to say is that is going to be there in fact it was there before </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">you turned eighteen. Its just that you can now make sense of what is going on around you </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">very funny but very true.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Depression;- </b>This is a serious medical illness, its not something that you have made up </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">in your head. What you need is not to ignore and think it will pass. There is help and </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">treatment, so please let us get you the help You need!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">It happens to most eighteen year olds and you are not alone. So please don’t be!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stress;- </b>It’s a common thing that young adults go through but really I am going to say if </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">you are not paying Bills and you do not have a Family to take care of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>stop stressing and </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">get constructive cause I will call that being Lazy….. did you see how I brushed it off to </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">being Lazy yes its because you are Young to be Stressed!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pregnancy;- </b>Yes this can be a big issue depending on your determination, it can be the </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">end of your dreams or it could be the motivation to fulfilling your dreams as tough </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">independent person with responsibility. So here am not going to encourage it but I will </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">encourage the positive look out of it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Peer Pressure;- </b>Yes this is our friends, close encounters and those that could influence </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">our thinking or judgment on making decisions on what to do. This may be doing </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">something right or wrong. So here we really have to think hard and ask ourselves how it </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">is positively or negatively going to affect your life. I can give you a scenario where your </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">friends tell you hey come lets hang out we are going to play in the park and or yes that is </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">fun and you go, however later there is an idea that let’s go break into that store a get the </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">cool stuff that is in there maybe to sell or even use. Here is where your judgment comes </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">in and you got to think hard on what you got to do!</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dating Issues;- </b>Yes we all know by then you all have to have someone and it can be a </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">challenging issue because it can be one who is older or younger but its how you go about </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">it. It can be challenging to you and most of all to a parent who has to see their young son </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">or daughter is dating and with this feeling there are going to problems and friction.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rejection</b>;- This can be through applying for a job that you want but you are not offered </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">even though you keep on trying, making friends, or anything that you want to be part of </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">but its not happening as you want.</div>Lilian Campbellhttps://plus.google.com/113186588224095986482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849889176655936719.post-61139009860531385642013-07-30T11:37:00.003-07:002013-07-30T11:37:45.175-07:0018 Is Just A #(Number)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style><![endif]--> <br /><h2 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><u><i>What is it to be eighteen?</i></u></span></b></span></h2><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Exposure;-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></b>As an eighteen year old you are exposed to things that you were not exposed </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">to at a younger age and with this it comes with consequences, for example you can go to </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">a doctor for treatment and if you have something to discuss you can decide if you want to </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">discuss with your parent around or no parent. This can be good or bad in the future, bad </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">where no one can help make a right choice for you. This can be when you have no ability </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">or right state of mind and the good is where someone else makes the right choice for you</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>because they are aware of what you are going through and they care about you. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You are in High school or a drop out or Planning on going to college;-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></b>Here your </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">friends and your own individual choices or decisions can determine if you will graduate </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">or not. So it’s the choices we make that can clear our big education dilemma since if you </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">do graduate whatever achievement you get no one or nobody can take away from you! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Working or having a Job;- </b>By hearing this I guess you know what am saying. It means</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>lets get out there and start looking for that job, as we all know with that job we are able </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">to get what we want, yes I mean that bottle of soda on your way back home from </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">school….. hey just saying since you might be thirsty.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">It also helps to keep you busy and tired since you have a Job, as they say an Idle mind is </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">the Devils Workshop, so please don’t get your mind Idle.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Behaving or Misbehaving;- </b>Yes you know what am saying, its where you are saying no </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">am not going to, you are not the boss of me and above all am eighteen you don’t have to </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">tell me what to do, I can come and go as I want……. But you have to understand all that</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>is cool and easy to say. Just stop and Imagine if it is your own house, you pay your own </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">bills and one does not follow the rules.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The attitude can or would end you up in a place that you would not like or wish not to be.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Hey it does not kill to be nice!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Teenage Mom or have a Family or Not;- </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Yes this might happen at eighteen, by </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">eighteen or you might have made it through without either one Well done because its not </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">easy and I will say it again its not easy! Will give my example I had some close </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">experience, of a close friend who went through starting a family at a young age and I will </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">tell you it was not good to a point that she could not handle what it required and she got </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">stressed out. Then tried to attempt double suicide sad enough the innocent one who lost </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">their life was the baby, who came to the world not knowing that it would be ending very </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">early and the Mom survived …….mmmm how can one live with that. I would think its </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">better waiting for the right time. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I will say I did after seeing all that was happening around me I then set myself a goal, I </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">love children but am going to wait till thirty, thinking its the right time and I wont lie </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">there were times that I wanted to have children early but I had a question at the back of </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">my mind “Can I do it and can I afford it?” A question I would advise you to have maybe?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Responsible;- </b>As I would share since you are eighteen, are you responsible because right </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">here is when they say “ Adulthood means Responsibility” so please as a young adult here </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">is when you are going to hear:- drink responsibly, be responsible and many others since </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">you are responsible for what happens to you. So please make it your issue to make the </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">good happen to you not the bad.</div>Lilian Campbellhttps://plus.google.com/113186588224095986482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849889176655936719.post-83099857657833340082013-07-30T10:18:00.002-07:002013-07-30T10:18:43.335-07:00<blockquote>"Life starts at the end of your Comfort Zone"</blockquote> Neale Donald Walsh.Lilian Campbellhttps://plus.google.com/113186588224095986482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849889176655936719.post-69388644041037763352013-07-29T11:59:00.001-07:002013-07-29T11:59:03.100-07:00Goodreads Book Giveaway!<div id="goodreadsGiveawayWidget59875"><!-- Show static html as a placeholder in case js is not enabled --><div class="goodreadsGiveawayWidget" style="max-width: 350px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 15px; border: 2px solid #EBE8D5; border-radius: 10px;"> <style> .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; font-family: georgia, serif; 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